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W. APPLETON. Pen and Pencil Case.

No. 221,715. Patented Nov. 18,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM APPLETON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A SSIGNOR TO FRANK T.PEARCE AND JOHN HOAGLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN,PE N AND PENCIL CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,715, dated November18, 1879 application filed August 1, 1879.

and usefulImprovement in Ben and Pencit Gases; and I hereby declare thatthe following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being :had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification. y

This invention has reference to improvements in that class of pen andpencil cases in which the pen and pencil are contained within a casefrom which they can be made to project, either or both, at-pleasure.

The invention consists in the peculiar arrangement of two spiral groovesconnected with the pen and pencil, so thatlthe pen or pencil can beprojected beyond the case, or both may be simultaneously projectedbeyond the case or withdrawn into the case, as will be more fully setforth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pen and pencil case with the penand pencil projecting beyond the case for use. Fig. 2 is a View of thepencil-holder provided witlna pin,

by means of which it is connected with the spiral groove by which it isoperated. Fig. 3 is a View, partly in section, showing the pen cil orlead holder (shown in Fig. 1) inserted into a tube provided with a slotparallel with its axis, and both inserted into a tube provided with aspiral groove havinga;right- Fig.4 is a view of the pen-holder. Fig. 5isa view of the pencil, shown partially in section and partially inbroken lines, so as to show the location of the various parts. Fig. 6 isan end view'oft-he case.

In the drawings, Aand Bare two parts of thetubular case, and O the partsurrounding the pencil-head. 3 When the part A is held in the hand andthe part B is turnedto the right the pen is projected from the case, andwhen turned tothe left the'pen is withdrawn into the case; and when thepart G is turned to the right the pencil is projected, as the part 0 issecured to the tube f, provided with a right-handed spiral groove, andthe part B to the tube h, provided with a left-handed groove; and if,therefore, the parts B and G are turned in the same direction, both penand pencil are either projected or withdrawn, according to the directionin which the parts are turned.

d is the tube holding the lead or pencil, and d a pin by which it isoperated. cfis a long tube provided with a slot parallel to its axis,one end of which is turned at right angle, so as to form a bayonet-slot.f is a tube provided with a right-hand spiral groove, and is connectedwith the head 0. As the pin d extends through the groove in the tube e,and also into the spiral groove of tube f, by turning the head or part Gthe pencil-tube is made to slide in or out of the tube 0.

g is the pen-holder tube, provided with the pin g, which enters into thespiral groove in the tube It and is operated thereby, the part B of thecase being secured to the tube h by solder or otherwise.

By this arrangement the construction of the case is more simple, andboth the pen and pencil can be more readily operated, and both at thesame time, and both or either the pen and pencil projected beyond the'case or withdrawn into the case, so as to be protected from injury.

Having thus described my invention, I claim'as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the tube h, provided with spiralgroove, and the pen-holder provided with a pin entering said spiralgroove, of the tubes B and f, the latter provided with a spiral groove,tube 0 f, provided with a straight slit, and pencil-head 01, having apin, cl, secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM APPLETON.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH A. MILLER, DEXTER B.POTTER.

